So far, every asteroid with moons has turned out to be a rubble pile, a loose conglomeration of rock and metal that may be half empty space by volume.

Doolittle suggested that the universal common ancestor cannot have been one particular organism, but must have been a loose, diverse conglomeration of primitive cells that evolved together.

Rather than a cohesive project in industrial development, the Real-World program is more a loose conglomeration of research efforts into areas like massively parallel computers and brain-like neural networks.

"Keep the search low-key but thorough," he said as Jonathan's eyes flicked over my shoulder to the FIB officers assembling in a loose conglomeration on the wide steps.

The controversy highlights the questions that experimental game makers face as they seek to evolve from a loose conglomeration of people with similar interests into a full-fledged movement.

It is a loose conglomeration created to voice concerns, particularly security issues, which they feel the provincial government is not adequately addressing.

Having inherited a loose conglomeration of independent fiefdoms, Mr. Pinola united them under the First Interstate banner and began expanding.

He invaded Chechnya more than a year ago to prove that the Russian Federation was not a loose conglomeration of independent duchies.

It looked as a loose conglomeration of atoms might look if atoms could be seen.

Standing behind them is a growing "disaster industry," a loose conglomeration of companies and middlemen for which bad times can mean boom business.